diff -Nurp linux-2.6.22.orig/mm/slub.c linux-2.6.22/mm/slub.c
--- linux-2.6.22.orig/mm/slub.c	2007-07-08 20:32:17.000000000 -0300
+++ linux-2.6.22/mm/slub.c	2007-08-07 11:55:17.000000000 -0300
@@ -1797,7 +1797,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node * __init e
 
 	BUG_ON(kmalloc_caches->size < sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node));
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+	page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags, node);
+#else
 	page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags | GFP_THISNODE, node);
+#endif
 
 	BUG_ON(!page);
 	n = page->freelist;